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| Basic information | Name: Mulga (west) This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1971 Country: Australia Mass:  169.2 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is the only approved meteorite classified as C5/6-ung. Search for other: Carbonaceous chondrites, Carbonaceous chondrites (equilibrated), and Ungrouped chondrites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 53:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE MULGA (WEST), AUSTRALIA, STONY METEORITE Name: MULGA (WEST) Place of find: 95 km NNE of Haig, Western Australia. 30°1 1'S,126°22'E. Date of find: December, 1971. Class and type: Stone. Carbonaceous chondrite (C4). Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 169 g Circumstances of find: Found by Mr. W. H. Cleverly of the Kalgoorlie School of Mines, within the strewnfields of the Mulga (north) and Mulga (south) meteorites. Source: W. H. Cleverly. 1972. Mulga (north) chondritic meteorite shower, Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 55, 115-128. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 53, Meteoritics 10, 133-158 (1975)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 346 approved meteorites from Western Australia, Australia (plus 1 unapproved name) (plus 11 impact craters) This is 1 of 715 approved meteorites from Australia (plus 45 unapproved names) (plus 27 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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